Xiao Li nodded in agreement and replied, "I can only wait and see if I can repay this kindness in the future. Even if it means going through fire and water, I, Xiao Li, will do it."

……

Returning to the hut where Zi Yan was resting, Xiao Ling opened the door and walked towards the bedroom.

Walking to the bedroom door and stopping, Xiao Ling turned his gaze to Zi Yan lying on the big bed.

Zi Yan was lying there with her eyes closed, breathing evenly, like a wooden man, her hand gently holding a corner of the quilt, her face calm and peaceful. Her sleeping posture exuded a serene beauty, making people feel peaceful and at ease.

At this moment, Zi Yan suddenly opened her mouth and murmured to herself: "Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling, quickly refine these herbs into pills for me. I'm hungry."

Hearing this, Xiao Ling at the door couldn't help but twitch his mouth. This little female dragon even thinks about eating when she sleeps. She is so greedy.

Seeing that Zi Yan was not in any bad condition, Xiao Ling felt relieved. He randomly found a guest room, walked in, and lay down on the soft big bed.

With Xiao Ling now having reached the level of Dou Wang, some of the physical fatigue can actually be alleviated through practice.

But perhaps due to some influence from his previous life, every time Xiao Ling felt tired, he would choose to take a nap. This not only relieved physical fatigue, but also allowed the mind to relax.

Xiao Ling felt that it was quite worthwhile to reduce the practice time by one night and make himself feel more relaxed.

Emptying his mind, Xiao Ling closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep. The moonlight outside the window sprinkled on Xiao Ling's body, weaving a thin quilt for him.

……

The next morning.

The newly-born east sunset slowly rose, and a beam of sunlight shone through the window onto Xiao Ling's face.

After a while, Xiao Ling woke up from his sleep.

I sat on the bed and stretched, and I could hear a few "crackling" sounds from my bones.

The feeling of relaxation coming from his body made Xiao Ling feel quite good.

It seemed that Xiao Ling's getting up made a lot of noise, and a girl in green sitting outside Xiao Ling's room noticed the movement inside the room.

The girl squatted down, picked up a basin full of warm water, and walked into Xiao Ling's bedroom.

Shortly after Xiao Ling sat up, a charming figure quietly walked in. However, when she saw Xiao Ling sitting on the bed, she was slightly startled, and hurriedly bowed to him, saying timidly, "Master Xiao Ling, good morning."

The girl who came in didn't seem to be very old. She looked a little younger than Xiao Ling. She was dressed in an elegant light blue outfit. Although she was petite, she was surprisingly mature, but she looked a little immature.

A cute and delicate oval face, like a beautiful porcelain doll, and a timid appearance, like a frightened little rabbit, which makes people feel a little pity in their hearts.

Looking at the girl in green, Xiao Ling was also stunned for a moment. He sensed a hint of snake-man aura on her body and realized that this was Qing Lin. He thought that Xiao Ding had instructed her in the morning to let this girl take care of him.

After knowing that the girl was Qing Lin, Xiao Ling smiled kindly at her and said gently, "Good morning to you too."

Seeing the young man's handsome face showing a gentle smile, a ray of sunshine shining on his face seems so warm.

Seeing this scene, Qinglin lowered her head in panic, not daring to look Xiao Ling in the eye. At this moment, her face was already a little hot, and her ears were already stained with a hint of red.

"Master Xiao Ling, let me...let me help you wash up?" Qing Lin placed the basin in his hand gently on the wooden rack outside the bed, stood beside the bed a little nervously, and whispered hesitantly.

Nodding, Xiao Ling replied with a smile: "Then I'll trouble you."

Qing Lin didn't say anything, but slowly walked to Xiao Ling, took out a wet towel from the basin, wrung it dry, and began to wipe Xiao Ling's face.

Feeling Qinglin's gentle movements, Xiao Ling closed his eyes and enjoyed Qinglin's service.

After a while, Qinglin had helped Xiao Ling finish washing up.

When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Ling saw Qing Lin standing beside him, stealing glances at him from time to time.

Xiao Ling asked curiously, "Why do you look like you want to talk but hesitate? Do you have any questions?"

Hearing Xiao Ling's question, Qing Lin replied: "Captain Xiao Ding came to me this morning and asked me if I would like to stay with you and be your maid."

Nodding, Xiao Ling asked knowingly, "What's your name?"

"My name is Qinglin, Qing means green, and Lin means scale." Qinglin answered in her soft voice.

Xiao Ling waved at Qinglin, signaling him to come closer to him.

Seeing Xiao Ling's instructions, Qing Lin walked in front of Xiao Ling, stealing a glance at Xiao Ling's face from time to time.

Seeing Qinglin's timid look, Xiao Ling reached out and touched Qinglin's little head, and asked softly: "Qinglin, are you willing to be my sister? In the future, when you are by my side, no one will be able to bully you anymore."

Hearing Xiao Ling's gentle words, Qing Lin felt warm in his heart. In the depths of his pupils, which were slightly green, three extremely tiny emerald green dots were faintly visible.

Chapter 71 Family

Xiao Ling stared closely at the somewhat eerie green pupils, and suddenly felt a soul fluctuation emanating from them. Xiao Ling did not stop it, but felt the power of this soul fluctuation.

Relying on Xiao Ling's soul in the early stage of the spiritual realm, Qing Lin, who had not yet practiced, naturally could not have any influence on Xiao Ling.

However, in Xiao Ling's perception, this soul fluctuation that was released unintentionally was enough to affect ordinary Dou Ling. Even a Dou King or Dou Emperor would be dazed if he was caught off guard.

"It's worthy of the legendary Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil. Its power is truly terrifying. Just relying on the mental control ability, as long as the opponent is not paying attention, fighting against cross-level opponents is not difficult." Xiao Ling took a breath and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He looked into Qinglin's watery eyes again, and the three tiny green dots disappeared quietly.

Looking at Xiao Ling, Qing Lin was about to agree, but then he remembered the dirty snakeman blood in his body.

Since childhood, he has been hated and cursed by countless people because of the snake-man blood in his body. Everyone looks at him with deep hatred.

"If Young Master Xiao Ling knew that he had the blood of the snake people in his body, he would definitely look at me with that kind of eyes." Thinking of this, Qing Lin lowered his head again, not daring to look at Xiao Ling again.

Xiao Ling did not get a reply from Qinglin. Seeing Qinglin's inferiority complex, he probably guessed what Qinglin was thinking.

Lifting Qinglin's head and letting it look into his eyes, Xiao Ling said seriously: "Qinglin, I know you have the blood of the snake people flowing in your body. Maybe others will hate you because of this. But don't worry, in my eyes, you are Qinglin, no different from a normal person. I will not be prejudiced against you because of the blood of the snake people in your body."

Hearing Xiao Ling's words, Qing Lin's body suddenly began to tremble slightly, and asked in disbelief: "Master Xiao Ling, don't you really care about the snake-man blood in my body? And I heard from Captain Xiao Ding that Master Xiao Ling is a Dou Wang strongman, and his alchemy skills have reached the sixth level. How could he be interested in a maid like me?"

Xiao Ling waved his hand and said indifferently: "In my eyes, whether it is human or snake people, we are all equal. I will be good to whoever is good to me. I have a companion who lives next door. She is a transformed monster."

He touched Qinglin's head again and said gently, "Qinglin, don't feel inferior because you have the blood of the snake people in your body. Ordinary human and snake people hybrids cannot live beyond the age of two, but you have survived healthily, which means you must have an unusual shining point. These people don't know how to cherish your preciousness, so let me protect you."

When Xiao Ling finished speaking, Qing Lin was already in tears, wiping her tears with both hands.

"Mom, I finally found the person you said would accept everything about me. I will have a family in the future."

Looking at Qinglin crying like a pear blossom in the rain, Xiao Ling hugged her soft body in his arms, gently patted her back a few times, and gently stroked her head.

After Qinglin's emotions stabilized, Xiao Ling picked up the petite body and placed it on his lap.

Looking at Qinglin's still slightly red and swollen eyes, he gently said: "Qinglin, are you willing to be my sister and part of my family?"

When Xiao Ling asked about this again, Qing Lin nodded without hesitation and said with some sobs: "I do."

Xiao Ling felt very happy after getting a satisfactory answer. Qing Lin had been abducted successfully, and he would have a great helper by his side in the future.

Although he planned to take Qinglin away because of Qinglin's physique with three green snake pupils, he wanted to recruit him under his command.

But Xiao Ling will also take good care of Qinglin and treat her as his own sister.

Whether it was Xiao Xun'er or Zi Yan, although Xiao Ling approached them with some purpose, no matter what, these were the family members that Xiao Ling wanted to protect with his life. If anyone touched Xiao Ling's reverse scale, the result would be a fight to the death.

After another exchange with Qinglin, the two became more familiar with each other. Unfortunately, although Qinglin was willing to be Xiao Ling's sister, she always called Xiao Ling "Young Master".

Xiao Ling also advised Qing Lin not to call him that, as Qing Lin held a very important position in his heart.

I don’t know why, Qinglin can agree with everything else but is very stubborn about the issue of address.

Xiao Ling had no way to deal with this, perhaps this was Qing Lin's psychological sustenance.

Combing Qinglin's hair behind her ears, Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Qinglin, I will teach you how to practice later. I have good news for you, you are a rare genius in practice."

Hearing Xiao Ling's words, Qing Lin nodded and said, "Since the young master wants to teach Qing Lin how to practice, Qing Lin will definitely work hard to practice and be able to help the young master as soon as possible."

Taking out a storage ring and putting it on the ring finger of Qinglin's left hand, Xiao Ling introduced: "This storage ring was given to me by my alchemy teacher. Now I don't have any use for it. Qinglin, you don't have a storage ring yet, so you can carry it with you for now."

Qing Lin opened his palm and looked at the ring on it. He asked with some curiosity, "Master, bring the ring to this place. Is there any meaning behind it?"

After hearing Qinglin's question, Xiao Ling realized that the position where he put it on was a little unusual. However, he didn't pay much attention to it just now. He just randomly chose a finger to put it on. Maybe this was God's arrangement.

Waving his hand, Xiao Ling replied: "It doesn't mean anything, don't think too much about it."

In order to change the subject, Xiao Ling quickly took out some bottles and jars from the storage ring, pointed at the porcelain bottles, and said to Qing Lin: "These are the resources you use when you are fighting. The green liquid is the foundation-building spirit liquid. Fill the wooden bucket with water, then pour a drop of foundation-building spirit liquid and soak it in to absorb the medicinal power. The yellow pill is the Yellow Dragon Pill, you can take it directly and refine it. With the help of these two pills, it won't take long for you to break through to the Fighter level."

After listening to this, Qinglin nodded obediently. After Xiao Ling taught him how to use the storage ring, he put the porcelain bottles into the ring.

Touching the ring on his ring finger, Qing Lin warned himself in his heart: "I must practice hard, so that I can help the young master in the future."

Chapter 72 Getting ready to leave

After collecting all the cultivation resources that Xiao Ling brought out, Qing Lin smiled at Xiao Ling and said, "Then Qing Lin would like to thank you, Young Master."

Seeing Qing Lin's obedient appearance, Xiao Ling was very satisfied. He nodded and said to Qing Lin: "Since you have agreed to leave the Desert Iron Mercenary Group with me, you should first tell your two cousins. After explaining it to them, I will take you to see my companion."

"Is it the transformed monster companion that the young master mentioned before? Qinglin is really looking forward to becoming good friends with her." Qinglin replied after hearing Xiao Ling's words.

Thinking of Zi Yan's appearance, Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Don't worry, that guy is very lively."

Xiao Ling touched Qing Lin's little head, then got up from the bed and said with a smile: "Let's go, I don't know where the two cousins ​​are, take me there."

"Yeah." Qinglin responded softly, and carefully followed Xiao Ling's steps.

Walking out of the room, the sunshine outside the house is shining down, making people feel warm all over. Although the desert is hot, it is early in the morning, and the temperature of the sun is just enough not to make people feel hot.

Thinking that he was about to leave this place, Qinglin muttered to himself, "I will be living outside with the young master in the future. I am really looking forward to it. I wonder if the young master's companion is really that easy to get along with? But since he is a transformed demon beast, he should not be prejudiced against me."

Walking inside the mercenary group with Qing Lin, whenever they met mercenaries, they would stop and greet Xiao Ling kindly. It seemed that they all knew Xiao Ling's identity.

But when their eyes glanced at Qing Lin aside, their smiles gradually became colder, and there was even a hint of disgust in some people's eyes.

In response to their expressions, Xiao Ling could only sigh helplessly. It seemed that these people also knew Qing Lin's identity.

The mercenaries on the edge of the desert all have an indelible blood feud with the snake people. Every time these mercenaries think of the little girl in front of them having the dirty snake people's blood flowing in her body, they can't help but reveal some disgust. This kind of emotion can hardly be suppressed by anything. This is the disgust caused by the long-standing hostility between humans and snake people.

Qinglin, who has both human and snake blood, bears the discrimination and disgust from both sides. Speaking of it, she is also an extremely innocent girl.

Along the way, following Xiao Ling, every time the disgusted looks from the people around her made Qing Lin's petite body tremble slightly, and her expression became more uneasy.

Reaching out and touching Qinglin's head, Xiao Ling comforted him, "You are yourself, don't care about other people's opinions. When you become stronger, these people will be nothing more than ants, and can be destroyed in a snap of a finger. If you are unhappy with these people, although I can't do anything heavy for the sake of my two cousins, I still have ways to make them suffer for ten days or half a month."

Xiao Ling has experienced training in the Black Horn Region, and his personality is not as gentle as he appears. What he said just now was not a joke. If he can make Qing Lin understand and get rid of the inferiority complex in his heart, Xiao Ling will definitely teach these people a lesson without mercy.

Qing Lin followed him, and these mercenaries did not hide their disgust for Qing Lin at all. Xiao Ling did not believe that these people had not bullied Qing Lin in private.

Listening to Xiao Ling's words, Qing Lin stood there in a daze. After a long time, an inexplicable glow appeared on her cute and delicate face. Her pretty nose twitched slightly, and she raised her little face. In her emerald green pupils, three extremely thin green dots suddenly and silently emerged again.

But Qinglin was still a kind-hearted girl. After hearing what Xiao Ling said, she quickly shook her head and replied, "The captain took me into the Motie Mercenary Group and gave me a place to live. These people are all his subordinates. We cannot attack them because of Qinglin's matter."

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